At the Western Conference track meet last May, a Negro sophomore from Ohio State named Jesse Owens won four events and set three world's records in a single afternoon in what experts agreed was the most amazing display of versatility in track & field history. Thereafter, the consensus was that for Owens to lose to anyone this year in either of his two best specialties—100-yd. dash and broad jump —was unlikely. For him to lose in both was almost unthinkable. For him to lose in both to...
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